Japan Hopes to Join Hands with China in Developing New MPsJapan recently suggested joining hands with China in developing a new generation of mobile phone(MP), which can send animation smoothly. Talks on the subject are scheduled in this June in a regular consultation in Beijing.As believed by Japanese Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications the introduction of Internet technology to the MPs can help reduce by large the costs of communications. The cooperation with China, which owns a large market is to aim at occupying a dominant status in the international standardization of the new generation of MPs. Some MP companies such as DOCOMO, KDDI and communication equipment enterprises as Sony, NEC and FUJITSU are expected to participate in the item for cooperation, sources say. Information and Communications Examination Commission, consultative institution of the minister of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts & Telecommunications, are carrying out studies on the basic mode of the new generation mobile phones, through which persons can chat online and surf the Internet. The technology is planned to be applied in practice around 2010. International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is working on the standardization of the new generation MPs. Japan Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts & Telecommunications hopes that it can conduct studies jointly with China so as to have a bigger say in the standardized operation by the ITU. By PD Online staff member Du Minghua |
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